Politics

Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The homes of Supreme Court justices are the newest site for protests over abortion access in the United States. Activists gathered Saturday in the rain outside the Maryland residences of Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh to protest a leaked draft opinion reportedly supported by the court’s […]

Adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — West Virginia voters head to the polls Tuesday to vote in primaries for the House of Representatives and state legislature, as well as other statewide and regional offices. Early voting in the state ended Saturday. Polls are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. ET. State significance The Republican primaries for […]

Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As he seeks to close the nation’s digital divide, President Joe Biden will announce on Monday new commitments from 20 internet service providers to expand discounted, high-speed internet access to tens of millions of low-income Americans under an existing federal program. According to a senior administration official, 20 […]

MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has received the endorsement of two more major law enforcement groups, according to two letters obtained by ABC News. The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the world’s largest group for police leaders, […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — A leaked draft opinion showing the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade sparked nationwide outrage and panic among abortion rights advocates. And for women who already experienced challenges and restrictions in accessing reproductive care in their states, the prospect of a world without federal processions is daunting. […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Arkansas Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Sunday that he opposes a national ban on abortion because it would take away the authority of a state like his that is poised to immediately ban abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned by the Supreme Court. “I think that’s inconsistent with what […]

Alex Wong/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — After a year and a half at the podium, White House press secretary Jen Psaki is planning to leave the White House on May 13, and her current deputy, Karine Jean-Pierre, will be her replacement, President Joe Biden announced Thursday. In a historic pick, Jean-Pierre will be the first […]

Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney Kathryn Kolbert has spent a majority of her career thinking about the after-effects on reproductive rights if the Supreme Court was to overturn Roe v. Wade. She believes prohibiting abortions will force some women to turn to unsafe practices to terminate pregnancies that will put their lives […]

Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — It was an eyebrow-raising moment in the confirmation hearings for the first Black female Supreme Court justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson — a grilling about her stance on child porn offenders. Several Republicans availed themselves of their time in front of a national audience to question Jackson about her philosophy around […]

Alan Poizner/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Vice President Kamala Harris gave a sobering look at the “unsettled” world students are heading into as she delivered the commencement speech at Tennessee State University on Saturday. The vice president discussed the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as the looming possibility Roe v. Wade will […]